OH nonmedical home health bonds.
$600. Five minutes.
Ohio licenses nonmedical home health services agencies through the Ohio Department of Health, and conditions certain licenses on a $20,000 surety bond. Ours is $600 flat — 3% of the bond amount — and this license bond has no credit check at all.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Agency details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Department of Health
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your ODH home health license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$20,000 bond × 3% = $600, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Ohio licenses nonmedical home health services agencies — the people who provide help with daily living rather than skilled nursing — through the Ohio Department of Health under ORC Chapter 3740. The bond is a client-protection guarantee: it backs your compliance with the home health laws that protect the people in your care.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Ohio (the obligee), with your clients as the protected parties. If an agency mishandles a client’s money or violates the home health rules, the harmed client can recover against the bond.
The bond requirement applies to agencies that were not already operating before the September 30, 2021 cutoff in the licensure law. If your agency was providing direct care on or immediately before that date, you may be exempt — check your ODH application, and we’ll issue the bond if you need it.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$600 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.